2000 AW2. Discovered 2000 Jan. 1 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at San Marcello Pistoiese.

At the University of Pisa, Germano D’Abramo (1973– ) studied the statistics of mutual collisions. Since November 1998 he has collaborated with the Spaceguard Foundation in maintaining the Spaceguard Central Node and working on modeling the near-earth-object population. (M 41573)